Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

G. BANKS.

- HAME PASTENER. No. 280,554. Patented July 3, 1883.

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Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BANKS, OF OAKFIELD, MICHIGAN.

HAM E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,554, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed April 10, 1882.

T0 all'whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE BANKS, of Oakfield, county of Kent, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harrie-Fasteners; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in the combination of devices and appliances hereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure I .is a plan view of an apparatus embodying my invention with the parts disengaged. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, showing the parts engaged.

The object of my invention is to provide a hame-fastening device whereby the hames may be quickly and securely fastened together, and which is not liable to disengagement by the animal.

To this end, A is a notched bar or slide. B is a sleeve adapted to pass over the notched bar, and provided with a flat bent spring, B. b is a tooth or catch attached to the spring, and adapted to pass through the sleeve and engage with the notched bar when said bar is inserted in the sleeve. 1) is a housing or covering for the spring. The flat bent spring B engages at one end with the top wall of the housing I), and

at its other end is attached tov the catch, which .latter the spring serves to support and carry,

thereby avoiding the use of pivot-pins for the catch; and, further, the spring, being housed, is thereby protected, and the appearance of the device is improved;

(No model.)

The construction of the notches on the bar A and of the tooth b is such that when the bar is inserted into the sleeve the catch will ride freely over the notches and engage behind them; but when the bar is withdrawn the catch must firstbe lifted out of engagement. The notched bar A and the sleeve B are preferably curved slightly, and are each provided with means whereby they may be properly secured to hames in any suitable 1nanneras, for in stance, a loop or hook. The bar A and the sleeve B are so constructed that neither of them will pass by the ends of the hames when they are fastened together. In the operation of this device, when it is desired to fasten the hames, the notched bar is inserted into the sleeve to the desired distance, where it is held.

by the catch upon the spring in connection with the sleeve. By lifting the spring the catch is removed from its engagement, and the bar may be withdrawn.

What I claim is The sleeve B, provided with the housing I), and the bent flat spring B, arranged within the housing, and having one end engaged with the top wall thereof, and its other end attached to and serving to support and carry the catch b, whereby the latter can yield forward, as described, in combination with the notched bar A, adapted to enter the sleeve, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE BANKS.

\Vitnesses:

J. EDWARD XVARREN, N. S. WRIGHT, 

